WILDMEAT

At the national and regional level, few governments and regional observatories currently track wild meat use. This can lead to the importance of wild meat in the national and local economy being overlooked, leading to an undervaluation of the services that sustainably managed ecosystems provide. WILDMEAT can provide information to national and regional bodies, so that national and regional statistics for areas such as nutrition, health, trade and GDP can include wild meat use... As many as 2000 species of invertebrates, amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds and mammals are used as wild meat globally (Redmond et al. 2006). Wild meat or wild fish represent the main sources of protein, fat and micronutrients (such as iron) for millions of rural and forest people (Fa et al. 2016b). Wild meat also makes a crucial contribution to food security in circumstances where other food supply chains fail, and wild meat represents the sole or primary source of protein available. For example, it can..